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package com.stratio.datasource.schema

import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
import org.apache.spark.sql.Row
import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType

/**
 * Knows how to map from some Data Source native RDD to an {{{RDD[Row]}}}
 * @tparam T Original RDD type
 */
trait RowConverter[T] {

  /**
   * Given a known schema,
   * it maps an RDD of some specified type to an {{{RDD[Row}}}
   * @param schema RDD native schema
   * @param rdd Current native RDD
   * @return A brand new RDD of Spark SQL Row type.
   */
  def asRow(schema: StructType, rdd: RDD[T]): RDD[Row]

}

